SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The entire San Diego legislative delegation, led by Senator Mark Wyland, have joined together to honor Jenny and Julian Josephson with a legislative resolution. The Josephsons will be receiving this honor at the annual Friends of the Israel Defense Forces gala on January 21. The award recognizes their long time community support […]
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San Diego CountyBy Joel and Arlene Moskowitz LA JOLLA, California–Adolph Eichmann is a name that is likely to be unfamiliar to present generations of young Jews and even more so to young gentiles. Eichmann’s End, a film about an evil man who effected the annihilation of the Jews and other peoples despised by the Nazis over six decades ago
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International, Jewish History, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The 22nd Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival, sponsored by the Leichtag Foundation, and presented by the San Diego Center for J ewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS, will run February 9-19, 2012. Once again the festival will feature the Joyce Forum, a celebration
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San Diego CalendarBy Avi Bell SAN DIEGO — Balboa Park is a jewel in the crown of this city for families to enjoy culture and history. Unfortunately, it was not January 14 for a group of extremist anti-Israel protestors promoting hatred of Israel and the Jewish people for the third year in a row. Their express purpose
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Middle East
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–You may have already read the words spoken by Steve Linde, the new editor of the Jerusalem Post, at the WIZO – the international women’s Zionist organization -conference in Tel Aviv earlier this week, but they’re worth repeating because they highlight a serious problem of credibility. Linde is quoted to have
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Middle East
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — When the Torah speaks about Moses and Aaron, it sometimes puts Moses first and at other times, Aaron. For example, in Ex. 6:26 Aaron comes first: “It is the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said….” and in the very next verse it is Moses: “….these
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Jewish ReligionBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Note the plural in the headline. It is not an error, but the theme of this column. Designations of Jerusalem above and Jerusalem below have been around for a long time. They have been adopted by Jews, but may have been introduced in their explicit form by the New
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Religious societies probably grapple with the problem of shame more so than your typical secular community. Rigors of ordinary Orthodox Jewish life are daunting enough. When compared to the members of the Haredi community, Orthodox Jews might just as well consider themselves, “Reform,” or even Unitarian. The
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Jewish Religion
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Wunderkinder is a German film filled with wonder, beauty and brutality. It takes place in Poltava, Ukraine. It is in German with English titles. The story unfolds as flashbacks from the recollections of an elderly woman, the violin pedegogue, Hanna Reich. An unexpected visit from a strange man jogs
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Congregation Beth Israel, celebrating its sesquicentennial year, on Thursday evening, Jan. 19, honored some five dozen past and present leaders from its congregation who have built and led the organizations that serve the Jewish community of San Diego. It treated these leaders and other members of the Reform congregation
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Linda Sax Snaid SAN DIEGO — While my husband looked for snacks recently in an airport lounge in Atlanta, a smiling gentleman took the seat opposite me. He was on layover from Dubai, returning from a visit with one of his children. Both he and his children were educated at elite European universities. He
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Middle East
By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — Reb Yisroel Salanter, founder of what is now the worldwide Mussar Movement, said, “When I was younger I wanted to change the world. When I realized I couldn’t do that, I decided to change my city. When I realized I couldn’t do that, I decided to change my
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Jewish ReligionPosted January 19, 2012 By Samara Greenberg WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last Friday, Thai authorities arrested a Lebanese native with Swedish citizenship, identified as Atris Hussein, suspected of being involved in the Hezbollah terror group and planning an attack. The arrest came after Israel and the U.S. informed Bangkok back in December that three Hezbollah operatives
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International
By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — When women started to go to work in large numbers as a result of the feminist revolution, we were told that that balancing work life and home life was an achievable goal and one to be pursued with great alacrity. Before that, many women worked in low-paying
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